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IT Tools Supporting the Fact-Checking Process

Mar

23

2025

A scientific article addressing the processes of fact-checking and the IT tools supporting information verification has been published in open access. The study deepens understanding of countering online disinformation by introducing a structured fact-checking model alongside practical technological solutions.

Artificial Intelligence in Detecting Fake News

Mar

16

2025

The fourth seminar on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation focused on the critical issue of automatically detecting fake news. During the event, a research team from the Department of Information Systems PUEB presented the latest findings from their ongoing OpenFact project, which aims to develop innovative AI-based solutions capable of identifying false content published ...

Semantic mapping of disinformation: identifying fake news topics

Nov

9

2024

The scientific article entitled “Sentence Embeddings and Semantic Entity Extraction for Identification of Topics of Short Fact-Checked Claims” has been published in open access. The paper describes an approach to assigning topics to claims verified by fact-checking agencies.

KES 2024: GenAI and Fact Checking

Oct

11

2024

During the 28th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES 2024), two papers were presented: “Exploring the Challenges and Potential of Generative AI: Insights from an Empirical Study” and “Supporting fact-checking process with IT tools”. The conference was held on September 11-13, 2024 in hybrid mode.

27th Poznań Festival of Science and Art

May

13

2024

As part of the 27th Poznań Festival of Science and Art, workshops on fake news detection were held. During the event, participants had the opportunity to learn how to distinguish fake news from real information and what tools they can use to verify content on social media.

ChatGPT and fake news

Aug

1

2023

The scientific work of members of our Department was published in the Economics and Business Review journal. The article “Artificial intelligence – friend or foe in fake news campaigns” focuses on analyzing the impact of large language models (LLM) on the phenomenon of fake news. On the one hand decent text‐generation capabilities can be misused ...

First place in the international competition CheckThat!

Jul

27

2023

The OpenFact project team took part in the CheckThat! organized as part of the international conference CLEF 2023 (Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum). The method proposed by our scientists took first place. This method detects English sentences that need to be reviewed because of potential misleading and therefore are worth fact-checking.

Poznań Science and Art Festival

May

28

2023

During the 26th Poznań Science and Art Festival, members of the Department of Information Systems PUEB conducted a lecture on recognizing false information on the Internet. Participants had the opportunity to ask questions and share their experiences, which further enriched the discussion and made the event not only educational, but also interactive.

ENIGMA Metropolitan Science Festival

May

19

2023

Members of the Department of Information Systems conducted lectures and workshops during the five editions of the ENIGMA Metropolitan Science Festival. Over 1,000 students from various schools in Poznań and Szamotuły took part in the events. The materials presented during the Festival included issues related to the scientific research of our Department in the field ...

The highest score for the OpenFact project

Mar

14

2023

The OpenFact project is run by the team of our Department in cooperation with technological and substantive partners, including: Google, Facebook, Bright Data, Harvard University, as well as leading fact-checking organizations in Poland. During the evaluation of the first phase of the INFOSTRATEG program of the National Center for Research and Development, in the field ...